Slow Blues - Johnny Hiland

Johnny Hiland, traditionally thought of as a chickin pickin country boy demonstrates once again...country boys get the blues (and he was born in Maine). In 1996, Hiland moved to Nashville and worked as a session musician for country artists including Toby Keith, Ricky Skaggs, Janie Fricke, and Hank Williams III. Hiland signed with Steve Vai’s Favored Nations label as a solo artist. The Johnny Hiland Band has released two studio albums on the Favored Nations label.[citation needed]

Besides guitar, Hiland also plays banjo, fiddle and mandolin.